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I am a member of LFHHS researching my Walton family from Colne and surrounding towns.The name that crops up a lot is Ambrose. I found a link to my Gt Gt Grandfather Ambrose Walton b 1802 in Colne on this site in an article from MEL (Laying The Foundation Stone of the New Building of the Mechanics' Institution.) as he was in wool & cotton manufacturing with the Roberts brothers of Roughlee in a company called Roberts & Walton they donated £300 to the project.His name appears above the door of the school he built in Roughlee which is still open today.

Hello Garry,I have a William Walton who married Susan Dewarden on August 3rd 1795 in Colne. I thought his parents were probably Ambrose Walton and Betty Eastwood who married in Colne on 5.1.1775. I had no idea that there were so many Ambrose Waltons. If I am correct Ambrose's father was James Walton of Little Marsden. Ambrose was christened at St Barts Colne on June 2nd 1751.

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